| Show news review of current events the world over cuban revolution collapsing after bloody battle at gibara oil wells of east texas are closed down by EDWARD W PICKARD HEN gen mario WAle menocal nocal and col carl carlos 08 mendieta Mend Alend leta were captured by the cuban government troops and locked up in cabanas can n fortress it ap berred d to observers on the island that the revolution had col lapsed indeed president machado started off the week neck with the gen menocal announcement t that b a t the revolt was over that the rebels were surrendering everywhere and that there would be peace throughout cuba within a few days das the most important of tile the remaining leaders were said to be in santa clara province with rather small bands of fol lowers loners aviators were sent out to fly cider over rebel territory dropping leaflets announcing that machado would grant amnesty to all who surrendered immediately med lately but the revolutionists had not yet reached the end of their resources A filibustering expedition landed men from halt half a dozen countries and quan titles of arms and ammunition at gibara near the ca eastern stern end ena of the island and that port was captured and fortified the government immediately moved against this force and there followed one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in cuba therun boat patria destroyed tile the gohara fortress and a land army inflicted a crushing defeat on the rebel troops and the filibusters meanwhile planes dropped bombs on the town which was badly shuttered it was reported that about FOO revolutionists were killed and that the federal casualties were heavy lifting of the censorship revealed that the rebels also had suffered buffered severely in tierce engagements in santa clara province despite these defeats tile the revola flonary lenders still at large were in that their cause was not lost general menocal managed to smuggle out of his cell a urging his followers to continue the struggle and there were indications tint that macha dos troubles were not over by any means in though the st sante 0 a department would malie make tin no comment on the situation it was the general opinion of officials that the only wily way machado can prevent renewed ings Is to enact speedily the reforms along democratic lines that ills his adain admin promised certainly th the e american government hopes he will adopt this course for it it ini n no 0 1 lesire desire nal acs ics to intervene in the 0 of t the island republic and will not do so un less developments bring on a state of virtu virtual at anarchy there EXAS has taken its stand beside TOk lahoma in the fight against ruinously low prices for crude oil and it was expected that kansas also would adopt men measures for curtailment of production the net result it was believed would he higher prices for crude oil and possibly the of the american oil industry following action hv by the legislature gov ross noss S sterling ordered I 1 the lie complete shutdown shut don of tile the 1600 1 WO pro dicing oil and RIS gas wells of the great east texas area and then sent about a thousand thou national nal guardsmen guardsman Guards men into four our counties to enforce the order martial law being proclaimed no resistance si aris met the larger corn com patties closing their yells wells before the soldiers arrived governor Goer nor sterling himself no an oil man predicted higher crude price estimated the te fas RS and shutdowns would take about one mil all lion barrels n day off the market ile he said martial law in east cast texas tens will not be lifted until the state railroad rall rond commission ins has issued orders governor Oo vernor of OMa hoina who originated the idea of dealing with overproduction hv by declaring martial law sent bent a message of congratulation to the texas executive most host of the aerators pera tors in the oil regions planned to care for employ fes 3 during the shut limn iowa perina drilling was continued ns as usual usuna for there wits ns no han ban on bringing in new wells als pro aided vided tile they y were cre shut down immell abely observe P KS K at S P ers era in illinois saw y 7 in I 1 the lie latest cutest cepl sode bode of the frank 1 L f j smith case indication ica ys i that the man who wits was afy 0 elected to th IN united states senate by bv till f note and wits anns twice denied a seat scat in the upper house been because se w of samuel In insull a contributions to his F L smith campaign fund nil might ht seek again to represent sent his state brite in the senate what has Is that mr smith tins has made public the fact that julius rosenwald chicado financier between the primary and the election of 1020 10 him stock in sears loc Roe buc buel i S co then worth to withdraw from the lican nomination mr rosenwald Hos enwald Is too III to be interviewed but his intimate friends admit the truth of the story and uphold the purity of the financiers motives in thus seeking harmony within the republican party mr smith at his residence in dwight said 1 I lid did riot not issue the statement for political purposes if I 1 intended t to 0 use it for such I 1 would have used it to in my two campaigns for the senate and again last year I 1 issued it because others saw it fit to write a book about the case and because they did not give the people all the facts As to my future action politically caily I 1 shall be governed by conditions if smith should lie file for the senator ship nomination he will have senator glunn glenn as his opponent in the ilean primaries lie ile was defeated tor for in 1927 by glenn in it the e upheaval which also retired former governor small THERE THER cannot be any general revival of 0 prosperity until the notions nations of europe settle their political disputes and the german reparations have been revised such Is the opinion of the wig in committee of international bankers at basel base which was appointed to study germanys germanas Germ anys financial needs and capabilities the german government was greatly encouraged by the report and one of its officials said that a new conference on fin finances Inan anees pcs politics and reparations must be called immediately and that till all europe hoped it would be bd called by president hoover RECURRING 0 reports that president alx lx hoover would call a special session of congress to deal with the unemployment situation were declared nt at the white louse house to be without foundation the president feels too that it Is unnecessary to call congress ear iler her than december to organize in time to consider the reparation debt plan ile he believes this can be handled in the regular session the president appointed walter S gifford president of the american telegraph and telephone company hend head of a national organization which I 1 will A bao the task ot mobilizing national state and local 1 relief agencies of every kind in meeting the unemployment crisis during the winter jouett shouse Sli ouse executive chairman of tile the democratic national committee tec came out with a statement uit demanding of president hoover more positive a action and less theoretical I 1 n vesti gu t lon lie ile asserted that the president Is spending more time ascertaining how many persons will ft be out of work next nest winter than he Is in taking meas tires for their relief V n n G E N n R y D DR prichett president emeritus of the carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching in the annual report of the foundation makes the bold assertion dint tile hie leaders of the american lesion legion intend to raid the treas or of tile united ws ry R T T oneil states and lie he ques eions the patriotism of war veterans who ft ho ask pensions or bonuses when uninjured under the subheading illa patriotism pensions and politics doctor Priel prichett iett says there has come about in our country a complex of patriotism bonus seeking beking und and politics the like of which can be found in no other nation on earth organizations that started in pure patriotism have lent themselves to pension lobbying on such a form as to demoralize both the veterans vete ians and congress ron gress erroneous and unfair Is what ralph T unell onell national nation il commander of the american Am cilian legion says of the PrIel iett statement adding the american lealua never has in the past or in my opinion never will in the future ask anything that eliat Is un fair or that lint will place tin an unjust onan chil burum burden on the country ile he says tile reil real objective of the veterans has been to get disability compensation hut but that it never tins hns asked a pension for able bodied men r ROM a preliminary treasury statement it Is derived the unpleasant in formation that the government suffered a drop of more than in internal revenue tol collections sections during the fiscal year 1131 the first full year during which taxes were effected by tile the economic depression und and the falling in stock market total collections tor for that year were income taxes yielded buo a decline of while miscellaneous internal intel nal revenue accounted for collections of a drop of corporation income taxes netted the government a decline of 1700 stud individual taxes a de decrease creasi of Ull OW reflecting the depressed conditions condl eions in the business world and the wide variations riat ions of collections collect long in times of prosperity and in times of depression while both corporation and individual aeme income taxes were cutting a deep swath in government revenues fiscel laneous taxes showed only a small loss despite the business slump all tobacco taxes for the oscal year amounted to a decrease of but of this total cigarettes accounted for representing a reduction of the government stamp tax figures emphasized the extent to which business slumped in the stock market and commodities exchanges collections on capital stock sales bales and transfers dropped from in 1030 1930 to representing a decline of the figures for the prot produce itice markets indicated that sales tor for future delivery had been cut more than half the taxes on sales of products on ex changes cli anges were given as 1 for 1031 1931 as compared with dur ing the previous year when business conditions were better notwithstanding the lowered collections co lleo the government found that it cost more proportionately to galther the smaller taxes than it had bad during the years of prosperity recently acen v Q QUITO rafael L largo a go y herrera Il errera noted 1 peruvian eru political leader P and former minister of 0 f foreign affairs arrived arf r from limn lima by airplane lie ile has now been nominated for tile the presidency of peru by the economist cono party and it Is said stands tin nn excel rafael largo l arbo lent chance of being elected so senor largo started back home the other day to participate to in the elections and again he traveled by the air route ile he thus was we first passenger to make a round trip by plane pi me between peru and new york during tits his brief visit to this country lie spent a day or so in washing wit abing ton where lie he has many frien friends ds and ad miters OIIN C E BAKER american relief i JOHN expert and adviser to the chinese railway ministry sends word that the flood in tile the yingtse valley Is cainas chinas most terrible disaster in the present century about thirty million people have lost their homes and a third of them tire are destitute the loss of life already terrific was increased when a great dike protecting part of hun hall kow gave way and several hundred persons were drowned typhoid cholera and dysentery dise are epidemic and industry Is paralyzed all foreigners were reported safe the chinese government has made an otter oberto to the federal farm arm board for ifor part of its surplus wheat to help feed the refugees and the idea Is favorably considered by officials chils in washington mighty but 0 ONCE X now fallen like many abnot another her prof i augustinas Augustl nas walde W a I 1 tie W marns maras former dictator of lithuania was put on trial before a court martial at kaunas on charges of plotting a revolt a year ago to overthrow the present joint dictatorship of mi u president anthony and premier jonas Tu bellus twenty four of tits his followers were tits his fellow defendants the plot wis wi s betrayed to the authorities by several of Wal Wol demaras nd adherents berents all members of the iron wolf organization and it was expected their testimony would result in severe sentences for those accused professor Walde Wal demaras marns abo returned to kaunas from place of exile near memel to attend the trial said the charges were exaggerated which sounds like a weak defense there wont be tiny any sympathy for him ln in poland for when lie he was in power he was the hitter foe of that country and of its dictator marshal I 1 in the new york JD developments legislative investigation of the administration of now new york city may bring about a political feud between governor roosevelt noo sevelt and tammany hall that flint would have a decided effect on the governors chances for the pern pent or presidential nomination some of his friends believe a brenk break with tammany ml might ht help rather than hinder his cause in that matter find and would bring lit him su support from other states T where the lending leading democrats have been holding aloof from the roosevelt noo sevell boom because of fear that he was too ton closely allied with thes friends think that even it if Tn should turn hostile roosevelt could carry arry new york state against mr c hoover unless there should he a great improvement tn in the economic situation within a year leading members of tammany would not discuss for publication their attitude toward roosevelt because the tammany policy apparently Is to tn avoid an open bronk break with the governor so long ns as he has IRS the state patronage at his disposal and remains a decided presidential possibility back to illinois for a mo GOING ment newton jenkins of has hag announced his candidacy for the lip republican nomination for united states senator on a platform of appo to the of president deni hoover mr jenkins who Is forty four years old an ex service man and a lawyer aldwyer has twice before been a can didace for senator W a 1111 1931 western |
